25 high school seniors named O-D Teen All-Stars

Twenty-five high school seniors representing 15 schools in Oneida, Herkimer and Madison counties have been selected as 2017 Observer-Dispatch Teen All-Stars.

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Twenty-five high school seniors representing 15 schools in Oneida, Herkimer and Madison counties have been selected as 2017 Observer-Dispatch Teen All-Stars.

They were selected from nearly 100 nominees. Judges were Michelle Truett, owner/graphic designer at 484 Design, Inc.; Carol Hernandez, retired teacher from the Whitesboro Central School District; Patrick Johnson, program director for Save Our Streets, an initiative under the Oneida County District Attorney's Office; and George Whitton, retired history teacher from the New Hartford Central School District and current adjunct lecturer at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

The students will be featured in a special section and honored at a breakfast Tuesday, May 23, at Hart's Hill Inn in Whitesboro. Guest speaker will be Ryan Miller, director of the ThINCubator, an organization meant to drive innovation and foster a culture of entrepreneurship in our area. Miller is a 1999 O-D Teen All-Star from New York Mills.